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Journal of Hydrology
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Journal of Hydrology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 4 607 1582 68
Environmental Sciences 24 779 1710 75

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1987
Documents by Best Scientists*: 3738
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 42
SCIMAGO H-index: 290
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.911
Impact Factor: 6.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Hydrology?

Journal of Hydrology tackles a plethora of topics, such as Hydrology, Groundwater, Aquifer, Surface runoff and Drainage basin. The journal focuses on Hydrology as well as the interrelated topic of Soil water. While Soil water is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Infiltration (hydrology) and Water content.

The work tackled in Journal of Hydrology goes beyond the discipline of Groundwater as it also encompasses Hydrogeology. Journal of Hydrology covers Aquifer research under the subject of Geotechnical engineering. It explores topics in Surface runoff which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Watershed, Evapotranspiration and Precipitation.

The discussions emphasized the topic of Precipitation in an attempt to further explore the field of Meteorology. The studies on Drainage basin discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Structural basin and Water resources. The journal connects the study in Streamflow with the closely related area of Climatology.

  • Hydrology (45.96%)
  • Groundwater (18.00%)
  • Aquifer (15.37%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • River flow forecasting through conceptual models part I — A discussion of principles☆ (15149 citations)
  • A review of drought concepts (2221 citations)
  • A remote sensing surface energy balance algorithm for land (SEBAL)-1. Formulation (2105 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Hydrology:

The main points discussed in the most cited articles deal with Hydrology, Surface runoff, Groundwater, Drainage basin and Aquifer. The published papers focus on Hydrology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Soil water and Precipitation. While work presented in the published articles provide substantial information on Surface runoff, it also covers topics in Infiltration (hydrology), Water balance, Evapotranspiration and Hydrology (agriculture).

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Ecology
  • Statistics
  • Artificial intelligence

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Hydrology, Precipitation, Groundwater, Surface runoff and Soil science. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Hydrology, apply to Sediment as well. While the primary focus in the journal is Precipitation, it also dissects topics surrounding Evapotranspiration and Water cycle as a whole.

The research on Groundwater tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Hydrogeology and Surface water. The concepts on Soil science presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Flow (psychology) and Water content. Many of the studies tackled connect Drainage basin with a similar field of study like Structural basin.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Coupling analysis of the heat-water dynamics and frozen depth in a seasonally frozen zone (38 citations)
  • Evaluation of the ERA5 reanalysis precipitation dataset over Chinese Mainland (20 citations)
  • Continuous hydrologic modelling for design simulation in small and ungauged basins: A step forward and some tests for its practical use (19 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Hydrology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Vijay P. Singh (169 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chong-Yu Xu (82 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Colin Neal (67 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hongbin Zhan (63 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Ashish Sharma (60 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Hydrology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (900 papers) published 165 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • United States Geological Survey (409 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (403 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Beijing Normal University (288 papers) published 44 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hohai University (284 papers) published 76 papers at the last edition, 14 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 4.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.49% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.76% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.66% of all publications and 52.09% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Short-term runoff prediction with GRU and LSTM networks without requiring time step optimization during sample generation

    Shuai Gao;Yuefei Huang;Yuefei Huang;Shuo Zhang;Jingcheng Han

    (2020)
    622 Citations
  • Ensemble machine learning paradigms in hydrology: A review

    Mohammad Zounemat-Kermani;Okke Batelaan;Marzieh Fadaee;Reinhard Hinkelmann

    (2021)
    594 Citations
  • Flood susceptibility mapping with machine learning, multi-criteria decision analysis and ensemble using Dempster Shafer Theory

    Thimmaiah Gudiyangada Nachappa;Sepideh Tavakkoli Piralilou;Khalil Gholamnia;Omid Ghorbanzadeh

    (2020)
    366 Citations
  • Evaluation of the ERA5 reanalysis precipitation dataset over Chinese Mainland

    (2020)
    351 Citations
  • Predicting flood susceptibility using long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network model

    Unknown

    (2020)
    337 Citations
  • Spatial prediction of groundwater potential mapping based on convolutional neural network (CNN) and support vector regression (SVR)

    Mahdi Panahi;Nitheshnirmal Sadhasivam;Hamid Reza Pourghasemi;Fatemeh Rezaie

    (2020)
    336 Citations
  • Streamflow and rainfall forecasting by two long short-term memory-based models

    Lingling Ni;Dong Wang;Vijay P. Singh;Jianfeng Wu

    (2020)
    329 Citations

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